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8A Unit 2 School LifeComic strip and welcome to the unit 主备人：王雅香Step Preparation workStep Lead-in T: Do you like our school? What do you like? How many subjects do you learn? Can you tell me some names of them?S: Chinese, Math, English, PE, Geography, etc. (Encourage the Ss to say more about it.)T: Good. Is there another word for Math?S: Yes. Maths.T: Great. Maths is Math. Maths is British English. While Math is American English (write on Bb) Step Pre-task (Welcome to the unit)Show the flags of the UK and the USA. Tell them that people speak English in both Britain and the USA , but sometimes they use different words which mean the same thing. T: I know many boys like playing football.Do you know what it says in American English?S: Soccer.(Write on Bb) Do you know the same use of other words? Please give me some examples.Write other right answers of the students on the Bb.Teach the students the new words: BE=British English AE=American English BEautumnliftfootballmathsrubberpostground floorsecondary schoolAEfallelevatorsoccermatherasermailfirst floorhigh schoolStep While-taskTask1 Practise the new words more. Pay attention to the pronunciations and spelling.Task2 Finish Part A on Page 23. Teacher can give more words, such as sweets and candies, holiday and vocation, biscuit and cookie and so on.Task3 Write down both the British and American words, then finish Part B.Step Different spellings(1) Say: There are also some differences in spelling between British English and American English. Make a table and write down some words. E.g. favourite and favorite, centre and center.(2) Ask Ss to find more different words means the same thing and different spellings after class.Step Comic stripsDo you remember Hobo and Eddie? They are talking about school life. Listen to the tape and answer : What does Eddie think of the school life?Listen again and read after it.Point out: Why dont you do sth?=Why not do sth? be smarter than, be like doing sth, there be, few/a fewLook at the picture and practise the dialogue Act the dialogue in groups and pairs.Step Post-taskFill in the blankets with American English: Its my first day in high school. I felt a little tired, but I had a good time. Our classroom is on the_ (ground/first) floor. So we dont need an_ (lift/elevator). I like to go outside playing_(soccer/football) after class. Its my_ (favourite/favorite) sport. Today we had 6 classes. I still found_ (maths/math) was too difficult for me. But the new classmate next to me helped me work out a difficult problem.Step. Homework(1) Try to remember the new words and drills.(2) Finish the exercises.(3) Preview the next lesson. 8A Unit 2 School LifeReading I 主备人：王雅香Part One预习作业&预习交流：Part Two交流展示&点拨提高Step I. Lead-in(1) Review the British and American words in different forms.(2) Act the dialogue between Hobo and Eddie.Step II. Pre-taskNow we know the differences between some words in the USA and the UK, then do you want to know the differences between the British school life and the American school life? First, Lets look at some pictures, what are they doing?Use the pictures on Page 26 to teach some new words. Ask: What are they doing in the pictures?(Reading Week, driving lesson, Home Economics class, lunchtime, buddy club, softball game)Step III. While-taskT: Eddie thinks school is like watching TV. Now John and Nancy are talking about their lives in school. Lets see if it is like watching TV.Life in a British schoolTask 1Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. What grade is John in?(In Year 8.) 2. Is it a school for boys? (No, its a mixed school.) 3. Whats his favorite subject? (Home Economics) 4. What can he cook? (Healthy and tasty meals)Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-4 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 5. Does he have a Reading Week every year? 6. What books can they read ? 7. What can they do near the end of the reading class? 8. Why does he think the reading week is too short? Point out: as wellTask 4Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 5-8 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task 5 Practice the new words and phrases more. Read Johns composition together/by themselves.Life in an American schoolTask 1 Read Paragraph 1 and answer: 1. How old is Nancy? Where does she study? 2. How old is her brother? What did he learn last year? 3. Is it great that Denver drives her to school? Why?Task 2Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 1-3 to sum up Paragraph 1.Task 3 Read Paragraph 2 and answer: 4. How often does she play softball?(Twice a week.) 5. Where does she go every Monday?( A buddy club.) 6. Who is her buddy? (Teach: senior) What can they do there? 7. What does Nancy think of Julie? Why?Task4Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 4-7 to sum up Paragraph 2.Task5 Read Paragraph 3 and answer: 8. Does she have a good time during lunchtime? 9. What do they sometimes do after school?Task6Listen to the tape and read after it. Use Questions 8-9 to sum up Paragraph 3.Task7 Read Nancys article by themselves and try to sum it up. Part Three 检测反馈:Part four: Homework(1) Read the two articles carefully and try to sum them up.(2) Finish the exercises.8A Unit 2 School LifeReading 主备人：王雅香Step One Preparation workStep Two Warm-upTeacher asks some questions:How many lessons do you have every day?What lessons do you have?What activities do you have?(Maths, English, Chinese, Computer studies and so on. They have activities like sports meeting, art week ,playing ball games.)Concludes :at school we have many lessons every day but we also have some activities. This is life in a Chinese school.Step Three presentation . Students read the first passage after the tape and do true or false questions:(1). In a mixed school, boys and girls have lessons together. T(2). Johns favourite subject is English. F(3). John knew how to cook healthy and tasty meals before coming to this school. F(4). Students at Johns school can read magazines during Reading Week. T(5). Students must not talk in class during Reading Week. F(6). They think Reading Week is too short because they want to read more books. T. Teacher asks students to sum up Johns school life. Read the second passage and answer questions(1). How does Nancy go to school? What does she think of it?Her brother drives her to school. She thinks it is great because it takes less time than taking the bus.(2). What do the students do in the Buddy Club? Older students talk to new students about school life.(3). Why does Nancy say Julie is her hero? She helps her learn all about her new school. She helps her with her homework and listens to her problems. Teacher asks students to sum up Nancys school life.Step Four DiscussionStudents discuss with each other: Which kind of school life do you like best? Why?(Teacher encourages students to talk about their opinions as much as possible.)Step Five Language Points1. Year8 (the Eighth Year) = Grade 8 (the Eighth Grade)2. mixed adj. a mixed school mix v. Oil and water will not mix.3. how to do things for myself (反身代词, 我自己,独自做某事)疑问代词who, what. which等和疑问副词when, where, how等加动词不定式,在句中作主语、宾语、表语等成分.E.g. Where to go is a question.(作主语)The question is how to learn English well.(作表语)I know where to find the boy.(作宾语)4. because we want to books as wellas well/too: 也（常用于肯定句，放在句末）5. Twice a week, I play softball after school. How often? (once a week, three times a year, often, usually, always, seldom, never, sometimes)6. spend指“花费时间/金钱/精力”，其主语必须是人，常用句型有sb. spend(s) some money/time on sth.或sb. spend(s) some money/time (in) doing sth. E.g. I spent two hours on my homework. = I spent two hours (in) doing my homework7.practice意为“练习；训练；实践”等，作及物动词时，后接名词或动名词作宾语，而不能接动词不定式 E.g. He practices football every day. I practice playing the piano every Saturday.8. have a great time talking to each other have a great/good time doing sth.=have fun doing sth.E.g. Mary had a good time dancing at the party. We have fun learning English.（在讲解完语言点后可让学生完成学案上的当堂检测题）Step Six Read and RetellTask1 Read the articles together.Task2 Try to memorize the main idea of Johns and Nancys articles according to the table.Who?JohnNancyWhere?(Woodland School, near London)(Rocky Mountain High School, Denver)What?(Home Economics)(Reading Week)(Softball.)(The buddy club)When?(Every year)(Twice a week.)(Every Monday)Why?(Because he likes learning to cook and sew.)(Because he can read anything he likes.)(Because she loves the game.)(Because she enjoys it a lot.)Task3 Read the two parts by themselves.Task4 Retell Johns life in a British school and Nancys life in an American school.Step Seven Homework1. Read the passage2. Write a passage about their own school life8A Unit 2 School LifeVocabulary 主备人：王雅香Step 1. Presentation Ask some questions about the reading.1. T: Which subject does John like best?S: His favourite subject is Home Economics.(or: He likes Home Economics best.)2. T: What is Nancys favourite sport?S: Her favourite sport is softball.(or: She likes playing softball best.)3. T: Which subject do you like best? S: Chinese, Math, English, PEStep 2. Practice.Teach the Ss the new words on the blackboard .Then read the words in the box and match pictures with correct subjects on their own.(Finish Part A p23)Step 3. Presentation(Part B)A: I think Home Economics class is very interesting.B: I dont agree with you. I think it is very boring.Ask the students to use following words to make dialogues according to the above model.easy important interesting popular usefulunimportant boring useless difficult unpopularStep 4. Practice.Read all the adj. (Part B p23). Ask them to do the task on their own first and then compare with a partner. Point out that adj. are introduced, one using the prefix un- and the other using the suffix -less. Encourage the Ss to write the opposites of these words.fast pleasure healthy happy comfortable Play a game: One student say an adj, and the other student say its opposite quickly. (Or one can say a sentence including an adj)Step 5. Sum upWe learn names of school subjects and opposites of adjectives .Teacher can say: Today, We learn some school subjects, Art, Geography and so on .(encourage the Ss to say more). And some students think Art is interesting, but the others think its boring. Some students think Geography is important but the others think its . (encourage the Ss to continue). But I think all subjects in school are useful.Step 6. Test.Step 7. Homework1. Remember the new words phrases. 2. Finish the exercises.(补充习题上相关内容)8A Unit 2 School LifeGrammar () 主备人：王雅香Part One 预习作业预习交流Part Two 交流展示点拨提高Step I. Lead in Revise the words of school subjects ，comparatives and superlatives.Step II. Presentation1 The use of “more than” and “fewerthan”.(1)T: Look at the pictures of Lucy and Lily. Lucy has 4 pencils and Lily has 3 pencils. It means: Lucy has more pencils than Lily. ( many more) (Write on the Bb.) Lily has fewer pencils than Lucy. ( few fewer)Lucy has fewer paper clips than Lily. ( few fewer) Lily has more paper clips than Lucy. ( many more)(2)Point out: We use “more/fewerthan” to talk about countable nouns.(3)Ask the Ss to make more sentences with the pictures.2 The use of “morethan” and “lessthan”.(1)T: Look at the pictures of Daniel, Jam and Sandy. T: Daniel has more juice than Jam. (muchmore) Jam has less juice than Daniel. ( little less)(2)Point out: We use “more/lessthan” to talk about uncountable nouns.(3)Make more sentences with the pictures. Step III Practice(1)Finish Parts A, A1、 A2 and A3. (Solve their problems)Look at the pictures of Part A on Page 28 and answer:T: How many flowers does Millie have? How many flowers does Amy have?S: Millie has seven flowers and Amy has three flowers.T: Who has more flowers?S: Millie does.T: Yes, Millie has more flowers than Amy. Amy has fewer flowers than Millie.Ask Ss to talk about the second picture in the same way.(2)Use the same way to present lessthan.Work out the rule: We use morethan and fewerthan to talk about countable nouns. We use morethan and lessthan to talk about uncountable nouns.Step IV. Presentation1. The use of the most/fewest/least. T: Look at the pictures. Peter has more beef than Leo. Leo has more beef than Jack. That is to say: Who has the most beef?Ss: ( Peter has the most beef of all.) T: Who has the least beef? Ss: (Jack has the least beef of all.)T: Nancy has more pears than Millie. Millie has more pears than Amy.That is to say: Nancy has the most pears of all. Amy has the fewest pears of all. 2. Ss try to work out the rules: We use the most/fewest to talk about countable nouns.We use the most/least to talk about uncountable nouns. 3. Practice the drills more with the things in the classroom.e.g.: pens, rulers, erasers, water, milk, etc.Step V Practice1. Finish Parts B1, B2 and B3. 2. Make a conclusion of today and then finish Part B4.Part Three 检测反馈Part Four 课堂评价小结Summarizehow to use morethan, fewerthan and lessthan andhow to use the most the fewest and the least.Part Five 课后作业 (1) Revise the new drills of this lesson.(2) Preview the next lesson.(3) Finish the exercises.8A Unit 2 School LifeGrammar () 主备人：王雅香Teaching steps:Step I: Revision and checking.1. Revise what we have learned in Grammar(I). (details in courseware)2. Check out the prepared work.（详见学案）(1) Work in groups to check out the prepared work. (pair work)(2) Let the students ask some questions and solve them together.Step II: Presentation1. Show two pictures of twin sisters. (details in courseware)(1)T: Look! They are twin sisters. How are their hairstyles? (2)T: Can you describe the twins like before? (Using “the same as”)2. Show some more pictures and complete the sentences using “the same as”. (details in courseware)3. Let Ss Say something about the pictures of Part C on Page 31. (pair work)e.g. Simons uniform is the same as Daniels uniform. Johns uniform is different from Daniels uniform.4. Encourage Ss to try to work out the rule and point out the attention. (details in courseware)When we want to say that one thing is exactly like another thing, we use the same as . When we want to say that one thing is unlike another thing we use different from.Point out: Dont forget the in the same as.Step III: Practice1. Use the pictures of Part C1 on Page 31 to say which things are the same and which things are different. Encourage Ss to practice more.2. Ask Ss to finish Part C1 and C2 by themselves and check the answers together.3. Let Ss do some more exercises.(details in courseware) Jims and Toms notebooks. Make sentences using “the same as” or “different from”.Step IV: Presentation 1. Show two pictures of flowers. (details in courseware)T: Look! How beautiful!What color are they? Do they have the same colour?2. Show another two pictures and let Ss try to make sentences using the sameas. (details in courseware)Step V: Practice1. Work in pairs and make sentences using the sameas according to the things around us. (encourage Ss to use the things around us as samples)2. Try to put the following into English.(details in courseware)Step VI: Sum upStep VII: QuizHomework:1. Finish the exercises in your exercise books.2. Make three sentences on your exercise books. ( the same as; the sameas ; be different from) 3. Prepare for the next period.8A Unit 2 School LifeIntegrated skills 主备人：王雅香一预习交流 了解差生对单词的掌握情况、中等学生对词组的理解情况和部分学生对上一节课语法的应用情况二展示探究Step I. RevisionLet the students look around the classroom and use “morethan, less than, fewer than, the most, the least, the fewest, the same as, different from, the same as”to make some sentences.Step II. While-taskTask 1 Finish P32 A1.1、T: Open your books at Page 32. Look at Part A1 and read through the form below.（Make sure the students know what to do next. ）2、Play the tape for the students to listen and complete the form.3、Play the tape again and check the answers with the students.Task 2 Free talkAsk the students to talk about the three schools in a few words according to the lists.Task 3 Finish P32 A2.1、Fill in the blankets in Part A22、Check the answers with the students.（同桌核对全班核对）3、Read the passage and point out :haveoff, in the summertime, spend time doing sth, more/fewer/lessthan, be different fromTask 4 Finish Part A3 on page 33.1、Fill the form according to Part A1.2、Check the answers with the students.3、Point out: the most/fewest/least.4、Ask the Ss to make more sentences according to Part A1Step III. Let students check each other 三检测反馈四课堂评价小结：五课后作业：1. T